Archives
The artist who is also a collector, archivist, curator and custodian of his own works has become a familiar figure over the last few years. Rodin was a perfect example. Probably through intuition rather than reflection, he knew how important the things that made up his daily universe would be to the understanding of his oeuvre. He thus kept everything.The tens of thousands of handwritten or printed documents, the books and periodicals that he donated to the French nation at the same time as his sculptures and collections, vividly recall more than 70 years of Rodin’s private, social and artistic life. Thanks to these documents,we gain insight into the very heart of his creative process.
Paul Iribe (1883 -1935)
Caricature of Rodin
Camille Claudel (1864 -1943)
Confessions.
1888 (16 May)
Octave Mirbeau (1848 -1917)
Le Jardin des Supplices (The Torture Garden)
1902
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Les Cathédrales de France
1914
Charles Baudelaire (1821 -1867)
Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil)
1857
Antoine Bourdelle (1861 -1929)
Letter from Antoine Bourdelle to Rodin
1893 (20 September)
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Letter from Auguste Rodin to Camille Claudel
Circa 1886
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Letter from Auguste Rodin to Claude Monet
1897 (22 September)
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Letter from Auguste Rodin to Helene de Hindenburg
1902 (22 November)
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Letter from Auguste Rodin to Rose Beuret
Early 1876
Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917)
Letter from Auguste Rodin to Sophie Postolska
Undated
Camille Claudel (1864 -1943)
Letter from Camille Claudel to Auguste Rodin
1890 or 1891 (Summer) ?
Emile Zola (1840 -1902)
Letter from Émile Zola to Rodin
1891 (14 August)
Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch (1836 -1895)
Letter from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch to Auguste Rodin
1887 (10 april)
Octave Mirbeau (1848 -1917)
Letter from Octave Mirbeau to Rodin
1885 (Early September)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 -1926)
Letter from Rainer Maria Rilke to Auguste Rodin
1908 (31 August)